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House of Lords push for Australian-style social media ban for under-16s https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/26/social-media-ban-under-16s-uk-house-lords #SocialMediaBan #HouseOfLords #Labour #Politics #YoungPeople #SocialMediaBans #Society #InternetSafety #UkNews #Children

House of Lords push for Australian-style social media ban for under-16s

Peers, in vote of 266 to 141, reject Keir Starmer’s proposals for public consultation to decide if social media ban should be introduced in UK

The Guardian

Geoffrey Giebelhaus 13h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@CStamp/116291864429662661

My personal advice - use a password manager, and make every password and username different. Make sure your master password is at least 25 characters long (a short sentence/statement is often easy to remember and long enough. Throw a number in there for fun).

Never let the browser save your passwords, history, cookies, or otherwise. #internetsafety #privacy

Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claims

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/meta-new-mexico-trial-jury-ruling-march-24-2026/

Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claims

The jury finds that Meta violated New Mexico's consumer protection law and orders the company to pay $375 million in civil penalties

RAPPLER

Technology | The Guardian US 1d ago

Protect men and boys from manosphere influencers, Labour MPs tell Ofcom https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/protect-men-boys-manosphere-influencers-labour-mps-ofcom #InternetSafety #Ofcom #UkNews #Regulators #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Media #SocialMedia

Protect men and boys from manosphere influencers, Labour MPs tell Ofcom

Exclusive: Group says measures to curb harmful content will also help to tackle violence against women and girls

The Guardian

Technology | The Guardian US 2d ago

Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-videos-images-online-surged-2025-internet-watch-foundation #AiArtificialIntelligence #Internet #ChildProtection #Children #InternetSafety #Computing #Technology

Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025

Internet Watch Foundation verified 8,029 pieces of realistic AI-made content, with 65% of videos in worst category

The Guardian

TheBadPlace 2d ago

The Guardian | Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025 by Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Internet Watch Foundation verified 8,029 pieces of realistic AI-made content, with 65% of videos in worst category

The amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online rose by 14% last year, with the majority of videos showing the most extreme type of content, according to a safety watchdog.

The Internet Watch Foundation said it identified 8,029 AI-made images and videos of realistic child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2025. It added that there had been a more than 260-fold increase in videos.

#internetsafety #ai-generated #childsexualabuse #csam

Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025

Internet Watch Foundation verified 8,029 pieces of realistic AI-made content, with 65% of videos in worst category

The Guardian

Top 5 News This Week: Roblox, the Peso, Pearl Harbor, and Spanish colonization

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/video/top-5-news-this-week/march-21-2026/

Stratosphere Research Laboratory 6d ago

Our ShouldIClick service received 247 submissions last week. ShouldIClick is our free machine learning based service to evaluate if websites are safe to click. Check before you click: https://www.shouldiclick.org #machinelearning #cybersec #phishing #internetsafety